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Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753 – October 3, 1823) was the fourth governor of New Jersey. He also served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1821. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.
Perhaps best known as the 4th Governor of the State of New Jersey, and the namesake of the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Joseph Bloomfield served with distinction as an officer in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
An 1804 newspaper accused New Jersey’s Governor, Joseph Bloomfield, of bringing “all the females in his house entitled to vote” to the polls.
He served as the registrar of the Admiralty Court from 1779 to 1783; was the attorney general of New Jersey from 1783 to 1792; and served as a Princeton College trustee from 1793 to 1801. Bloomfield first won election to the governorship in 1801, after which John Lambert succeeded him.
Welcome to the homepage of the Jersey Greys! Here we strive to accurately represent the life and times of the brave soldiers in Captain Joseph Bloomfield’s Company of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment in 1776.
Joseph Bloomfield went on to a distinguished career, serving his home state as prosecuting attorney for Burlington County (responsible for Cumberland, Salem, and Gloucester counties as well), mayor of Burlington, state attorney general, and commanding general of the state militia.
So wrote Major Joseph Bloomfield in his journal on September 11, 1777, describing his experiences during the hard-fought battle of Brandywine. Bloomfield was an officer in the 3rd New Jersey Regiment from 1776 to 1779.
